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"With serious concerns about the conflicts within the Vatican hierarchy, President Reagan selects Colin McHugh, an international businessman, to secretly advise the Commandant of the Swiss Guard, the one man directly responsible for the safety of the Pontiff, that a Russian plot to assassinate Pope John Paul II is imminent. Unmasked by the Bulgarian cadre in Rome assigned to carry out the plot, McHugh discovers the identity of its leader and is also targeted for elimination. While the commandant bolsters the pope's security and the Bulgarian cadre rehearses the assassin, McHugh, seeking information about the timing of the plot, evades kill attempts outside Rome, in Zurich and in the English countryside"--Page 4 of cover